When affirmative action was white
an untold history of racial inequality in twentieth-century America
1st ed.
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Word Count
59,500 words, Guess
Page Count
238 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3298058M
- ISBN-100393052133
- OCLC Control Number916058514
- OCLC Control Number56799134
- OCLC Control Numberwhenaffirmativea00katz
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004024359
- Goodreads825302
- LibraryThing177812
Classifications
- DDC323.1196/073/00904
- LCCE185.61 .K354 2005
Description
Many mid 20th century American government programs created to help citizens survive and improve ended up being heavily biased against African-Americans. Katznelson documents this white affirmative action, and argues that its existence should be an important part of the argument in support of late 20th century affirmative action programs.
First Sentence
THE SUN HAD BEGUN its downward slope on the evening of June 4, 1965, as President Lyndon Johnson mounted the podium on the main quadrangle of Howard University, the country's most celebrated black center of higher education.
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"A work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action" -- Provided by publisher.
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